porter's lodge

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A building for the porter(s) near the gate of a castle, college, etc., (historical) formerly used as a place of punishment for the staff.

   “The keys... were on Saturday stolen from the porter's lodge.”

2. isim An equivalent room near the gate of a college, chiefly used as a mailroom.

   “[H]e walked across Hawthorn Tree Court on his way to the porter's lodge. […] At the lodge he cleared his pigeon-hole.”